VisaChances

Which Schengen country is easiest to get a visa from India?

On 2025 figures it is Denmark, and the gap to the next option is larger than chance can explain. Across every Schengen state, 84 in 100 applications from India were approved in 2025. The best option approved 93 in 100; the worst, Slovenia, approved 54.

Read this before the table. You are required to apply to the country where you will spend the most nights — or, if the nights are split evenly, the country you enter first. That is not a formality: an application lodged at the wrong consulate is refused on that ground alone, and a refusal is visible to every Schengen consulate on every future application you ever make. This table tells you what the odds look like where you are genuinely going. It is not a menu.

Approval rates from India, 2025

#Deciding country ApprovedRefusal range (95%) Applications
1Denmark92.9%6.7–7.5%17,038
2Belgium92.2%7.5–8.1%33,333
3Germany89.5%10.4–10.7%153,179
4Sweden88.5%11.2–11.9%32,536
5Italy87.3%12.4–13.0%53,423
6Hungary86.9%12.5–13.6%16,251
7Switzerland86.5%13.4–13.7%226,044
8Finland86.1%13.4–14.5%17,564
9Norway85.3%14.2–15.1%29,104
10France84.7%15.1–15.4%204,184
11Spain84.6%15.2–15.6%90,720
12Poland83.0%16.2–17.7%9,673
13Romania81.8%16.5–20.0%1,931
14Latvia81.4%16.5–20.7%1,314
15Czech Republic79.9%19.6–20.6%27,388
16Portugal79.7%19.7–21.0%15,422
17Netherlands79.3%20.5–21.0%97,650
18Austria77.9%21.7–22.5%48,761
19Luxembourg77.0%21.6–24.4%3,684
20Slovakia76.5%21.2–25.8%1,437
21Iceland74.3%24.9–26.6%10,906
22Croatia70.8%27.4–31.0%2,615
23Estonia70.3%27.6–31.9%1,706
24Malta67.9%31.1–33.1%8,587
25Greece66.8%32.7–33.6%41,009
26Lithuania64.3%32.7–38.8%944
27Bulgaria62.1%36.3–39.5%3,435
28Slovenia53.5%44.9–48.1%3,910

Highlighted rows are statistically indistinguishable from the best option — their confidence ranges overlap, so the ordering between them is noise. Refusal rate is not issued ÷ (issued + limited-territorial-validity issued + not issued), the European Commission's own definition. Source: European Commission consulate statistics, 2025.

The number that actually moves: which consulate

A country's rate is an average over posts that behave very differently. This is the part the listicles leave out, and for most applicants it matters more than the choice of country — it is the one figure that describes their own situation rather than a national average.

CountryMost approvalsFewest Gap
FranceBangalore 92.1% approvedNew Delhi 72.6% approved19.5 pts
HungaryMumbai 94.1% approvedNew Delhi 76.9% approved17.2 pts
GermanyBangalore 98.5% approvedKolkata 86.0% approved12.5 pts
PortugalGoa 88.9% approvedNew Delhi 77.4% approved11.6 pts
BelgiumMumbai 95.4% approvedNew Delhi 85.8% approved9.7 pts
SpainMumbai 88.3% approvedNew Delhi 80.0% approved8.3 pts
ItalyMumbai 89.9% approvedNew Delhi 83.4% approved6.5 pts
PolandNew Delhi 83.8% approvedMumbai 82.3% approved1.5 pts

Your consulate is fixed by where you live, so this is rarely a choice either. Its value is calibration: it tells you how much scrutiny to prepare for.

What this page deliberately does not do

It does not rank countries by how "lenient" they are, because the data cannot support that claim. A consulate's refusal rate reflects who applies there as much as how it decides. Germany's Mumbai and Kolkata posts apply the same law; they see different applicant pools.

It also does not tell you your own chances. A national approval rate of 93% does not mean you personally have a 93% chance — your documents, finances, employment and travel history dominate. What the rate is good for is judging how thorough you need to be. The reasons applications actually fail →

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